K'ung-fu-tzu say ...

I haven't read enough to know which way to lean in Rothbard-versus-Long on Taoism-versus-Confucianism, but I like these two samples of Confucianism from The Columbia History of the World:

Tzu-kung asked: "Is there a single saying which one can act upon until the end of one's life?"

The Master said: "Would it be reciprocity? What you do not wish done to yourself, do not do to others."

And:

Mencius said to king Hsuan of Ch'i: "If among the subjects of Your Majesty there were one who entrusted his wife and children to a friend and went on a trip to Ch'u, and if on his return the friend had let the wife and children freeze and starve, what should be done about it?"

The king said: "He should cast him off."

Mencius said: "If the Master of the Judges were unable to direct the judges, what should be done about it?"

The king said: "One should dismiss him."

Mencius said: "If within the state there is no good government, what should be done about it?"

The king turned his head to the left and right and spoke of other things.